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Can I Get a Blood Test to Determine My Baby’s Sex at 10-Weeks Pregnant? Will It Be Accurate?

Anonymous Community Member / August 7, 2020

A mom writes in asking for advice about getting a blood test to determine her baby’s biological sex. She is 10-weeks pregnant and is wondering if that is too soon to get the test, and if not, would the results even be accurate? She adds that she had the test done when she was pregnant with her daughter, but she was 19-weeks pregnant at that time.

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Mom With Insurance Gets Hit With $10,000 Hospital Bill for ‘Room and Board’ After Giving Birth

Katie Nave / February 19, 2020

Hospital charges can quickly add up, but one California family was shocked to see a $10,000 medical bill for a two-day hospital stay after the birth of their child.

Cost of Birth in U.S. Is More Than Average Monthly Salary

Giving Birth, Pregnancy

New Study Shows the Cost of Giving Birth in the U.S. Is Now Hundreds of Dollars More Than the Average Monthly Salary

Sara Vallone / January 22, 2020

“These are not small co-pays. The costs are staggering. I don’t take care of a lot of patients who have $4,500 lying around for unexpected health care costs.”

Women's Health

My Mom Had 34 Rounds of Radiation to Go Before Her Insurance Company Deemed It ‘Medically Unnecessary’

Sara Vallone / December 3, 2018

How can a doctor, who has never personally met my mom, examined my mom, or walked with her throughout this entire journey deemed her radiation “medically unnecessary?”